WorksheetsGenetics Vocabulary
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Discovered the shape of DNA.
The father of genetics; experimented with pea plants.
Discovered that DNA is the transformation factor using bacteriophages
Which of the following is the study of heredity?
mitosis
homeostatsis
genetics
adhesion
Which of the following is the term that means, a particular inherited characteristic?
allele
gene
punnett square
trait
Which of the following are offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.
hybrid
pure pred
homozygous
genotype
Which of the following is a segment of nucleotides in DNA that code for a protein which in turn determines a trait?
hybrid
gene
trait
chromosome
Which of the following is an alternative form of a gene; "A" or "a".
trait
geneotype
allele
hybrid
Which of the following is a form of an allele that is always expressed?
phenotype
dominant
recessive
genotype
Which of the following is a form of an allele that is not express in a heterozygous individual?
gene
dominant
phenotype
recessive
Which of the following is the likelihood that a particular event will occur?
genetics
probability
phenotype
homozygous
Which is having two identical alleles for a gene? (AA or aa)
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
homeostasis
Which is having different alleles for a gene? (Aa)
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
trait
what is the physical appearance of an organism?
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
genotype
Which is the genetic makeup of an organism; an organism's combination of alleles?
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
genotype
What is a diagram that can be used to predict the genotype & phenotype combination of genetic cross?
karyotype
cladogram
punnett square
concept map
What did Mendel call the process of alleles randomly separate from each other during gamete formation and randomly unite at fertilization?
cytokinesis
independent assortment
DNA replication
segregation
Which principle explains different genes for different traits separate independently during the formation of gametes?
Principle of Segrgation
Principle of Independent Assortment
Principle of Evolution
Principle of Structure and Function
